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• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I ... could see how much fun I found it, but those pictures will remain unseen ... line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... me? How are you gonna tell me I'm just going to need to be an adult for ... will be okay when I'm not...in the okay. But then I think back to where

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  's important to know how MIT helps its students once they're here. I hope you ... In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International ... Phone Branding in China European Panel: What Europe? Catalan Lessons with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  , strange instrument concerts, and sitting in a dark room listening to music ... pika.) In honor of this especially pika week, here is every pika food picture I have ever Instagrammed. sushi last spring   something

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  know how MIT is. You might think to yourself "oh but I know so much about ... from the bank thinking about what the computer screen would tell me I ... with nerds from the future here at MIT). As I'm sure you already know

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  what you would like to major in, you may also want to take a look at the courses offered in each department. You may receive credit for subjects of
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  completely by chance. Case in point: About a month ago, I was heading from my ... asked me if there was anything in particular I wanted him to take a photo ... Building 72. Although Cody and I left a little before sunset in order to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  US competition in Lincoln, NE each June. I’ve worked on five of our ... in different countries. While I could wax poetic for days about all the ... -piece carbon fiber wheels made in house. I’ll take four please. TU Delft’s very

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  I arrived on the MIT campus in August of 1982 with all my "stuff ... was the place where I would happily spend the next four years of my life ... graduated and several times each year would come up with reasons why I needed

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  time in China. If you can’t tell, I decided to do this video in Chinese ... it in Chinese and writing English subtitles (I have a new respect for ... . As of right now I have two big posts I want to make, “being black in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  would have likely sought anyway. I have always regarded Bexley as a ... ", which is consistent with what I would have guessed. ... cultures. You see, I have this theory that for MIT dorms, function follows

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  This IAP, I took part in a writing workshop at MIT known as Flipping Failure. In this workshop, I and other participants worked on developing a ... MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  My last post described how I finally made the definitive switch from ... . Back in April, when I was still anxiously waiting to hear back from the ... : what if I took the risky route and just stayed in Boston - writing and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  . Unfortunately, I still don't have all of the photos I would like, but honestly, if ... available to students? I'm one of those girls that likes to weld, and it would ... wrath of the shop guys, or a drop in their grades. I can guarantee that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  interrupted by herdlike groups of tourists each morning, I thought it would be a ... you visit. All in good fun, of course. :) Step one of the "don't look like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  less. i have never ordered a venti in my LIFE. before we reached the ... i had a magical long weekend. a fellow rising sophomore friend, her boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... , not IN the tour. I present to you a glimpse into what the average MIT ... guy took a picture. I stepped out of the crowd and got my camera out in

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  in the blogs... stay tuned! *edit: while I was writing this post, a ... my punny ways are a lot stronger when I'm around them; this entry is ... rest of this worse. Before I get fired for writing a blog post

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  traditions that outlast any particular generation of residents. I live in ... home to London, and while I stood in line to board the plane some man ...     (Photo credit for these two goes to Julie H. '11) I was amazed by how

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  wooden bench in South Station, just across from the Au Bon Pain. I am about ... . We will have to see exactly how it goes, but I suspect that this trip will probably end up over seventy-eight hours. In the meantime, I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023